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Kurinuki is a carving technique primarily used to make Yunomi (Japanese tea cups without a handle) and small bowels. I really enjoy using this method to make tactile miniature ceramic cups - no two of which will ever look the same.
A practical reason for no handles and smaller cups would be to feel the temperature of the tea as to avoid burning yourself. I only ever burn myself when drinking tea either from a double walled cup where I can't feel the temperature or from a porcelain cup with a handle for the same reason.
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Without the handle, you are more inclined to cup the teacup in your hand and feel the warmth of the tea. This benefits the tea drinker in many ways. Feeling the warmth of the cup is one of those ways. The art of the Japanese teacup also has a very interesting history.
30 wrz 2015 · The biggest difference between traditional Japanese tea cups and Western tea cups is that Japanese tea cups have no handle. There are two kinds of Japanese tea “cups” – yunomi, which are tall cylindrical cups, and chawan, wide bowls used to drink matcha in the Japanese tea ceremony.
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Unlike most Western teacups, Japanese tea cups do not have handles. The general name for a Japanese tea cups is yunomi 湯飲み literally meaning “hot water drink.” Yunomi vary in size and thickness.
